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johnson? maxwell named johnson the new ceo end-1991 maxwell retired and took home a retirement package that was more than $20 million. even charles schumer who was normally a big fan of fannie mae was taken aback. schumer, and i think maxwell did a good job but that is enough. under johnson any perfected its lobbying. went around the country financing housing project in the district of any congressman who might prove useful. the congressman loved posing for pictures in front of those projects and taking credit for bringing money into their districts. fannie mae was going to need a lot of friends because there was a political problem to be dealt with. in the 1980s thousands of savings and loan institutions had gone bust largely because they made a lot of crazy loans on real-estate. the deposits of those were insured by uncle sam so the government ended up with the bill for $124 billion and congress felt obliged to see what else might go wrong and lead to more bailouts. hud was still regulating
johnson? maxwell named johnson the new ceo end-1991 maxwell retired and took home a retirement package that was more than $20 million. even charles schumer who was normally a big fan of fannie mae was taken aback. schumer, and i think maxwell did a good job but that is enough. under johnson any perfected its lobbying. went around the country financing housing project in the district of any congressman who might prove useful. the congressman loved posing for pictures in front of those projects...
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kennedy followed by lyndon johnson being sworn in a border force one in dallas. he was sworn in by federal district judge sarah hughes, the only woman to ever square and a president. gerald r. ford being sworn in in the white house in 1974 after richard nixon resigned in disgrace. here's a picture of -- and it's my final story for the day. this story actually inspired me more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge's 1923, president after the death of warren harding. at the time of harding's death coolidge was staying with his father in a very, very small cottage in vermont, a place that had no running water, no electricity, no telephone, no and in that, that did not have any of those things. and so a courier came my to present the news that harding had died and then everybody wanted coolidge to be sworn in as soon as possible the question was who would do it, swear in the president. the answer turned out to be his own father. his own father, john coolidge was a local justice of the piece and another republic. and so by the light of an old kero
kennedy followed by lyndon johnson being sworn in a border force one in dallas. he was sworn in by federal district judge sarah hughes, the only woman to ever square and a president. gerald r. ford being sworn in in the white house in 1974 after richard nixon resigned in disgrace. here's a picture of -- and it's my final story for the day. this story actually inspired me more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge's 1923, president after the death of warren harding. at the...
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kennedy followed by lyndon johnson being sworn in aboard air force one in dallas. he was sworn in by the federal district judge. she is the only woman to ever swear in a president. here is gerald ford being sworn in in the white house in 1974 after richard nixon resigned in disgrace. and here is a picture of cony if this is my final story for the day, this story actually inspired me probably more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge in 1923 who became president after the death of foreign harding. at the time of his death, he was staying with his father in a very small cottage in vermont, a place that had no running water, no electricity, no telephone camano internet, they didn't have any of those things, and so it courier came by to present the news that harding had died and that everybody wanted him to be sworn in as soon as possible so the question was who would do it and the answer turned out to be his own father, his own father john coolidge was a local justice of the peace and a notary public so by the light of an old kerosene lamp at 2:4
kennedy followed by lyndon johnson being sworn in aboard air force one in dallas. he was sworn in by the federal district judge. she is the only woman to ever swear in a president. here is gerald ford being sworn in in the white house in 1974 after richard nixon resigned in disgrace. and here is a picture of cony if this is my final story for the day, this story actually inspired me probably more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge in 1923 who became president after the...
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johnson? a friend of mine had been at fannie in one of the regional office for long times it was very simple. fanny had a near-death expense in the early '80s in interest rate risk, and they risk, and they thought they had sold it through hedging. they had a near-death experience in credit risks, and ed, you change the underlying in 1985. they thought it fixed that. they were left with one risk. political. who do you bring in to deal with political risk? you bring in a politician, and that described while the qualifications that jim johnson had. i want to spend the rest of the time that i have just focusing on a couple of threads. one was the press release that fannie mae, jim johnson announced in 1994, the trillion dollar commitment. a couple thousand words but they went into great detail about what they're going to do. and then the national homeownership strategy, both which are discussed in bob's book. i started with lenders, this is a statement by a community activist, testimony before the
johnson? a friend of mine had been at fannie in one of the regional office for long times it was very simple. fanny had a near-death expense in the early '80s in interest rate risk, and they risk, and they thought they had sold it through hedging. they had a near-death experience in credit risks, and ed, you change the underlying in 1985. they thought it fixed that. they were left with one risk. political. who do you bring in to deal with political risk? you bring in a politician, and that...
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gary johnson 2012 is the web site, dot.com, i should say, and here is the cover of governor johnson's new book, "seven principles of good government: liberty, people and politics." out in august of 2012. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> with a month left in 2012, many publications are putting together their year-end looks of notable books. booktv will feature several of these lists focusing on nonfiction selectn
gary johnson 2012 is the web site, dot.com, i should say, and here is the cover of governor johnson's new book, "seven principles of good government: liberty, people and politics." out in august of 2012. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you'd like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@cspan.org or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> with a month left in 2012, many publications are putting together their year-end looks of notable books. booktv will...
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and you said i'm running for vice president governor gary johnson. it's amazing because he from a totally different perspective has come out to same analysis that i have on all of these important issues. like education. you know, today the tie you're wearing, i like it, by the way, you choose where thatch spend. where to go, what to buy. like consumer goods that's how we get reasonable goods for reasonable prices. education is different than that. education is funded from the top up. so the federal government spends the money keeps a bunch of it and gives to the state and keep a bunch of it for the administrative cost and give to the school district and give it to the school. they use a lot of administrative cost and it gets to the teacher. it isn't working. today our schools are failing our children. if you allow it to be funded up from the tire or shoe. that gives parchlt parents the ability to decide where and how they can be educate. they will take their child to the best need the needs. that will result in excellence. it will result in innovatio
and you said i'm running for vice president governor gary johnson. it's amazing because he from a totally different perspective has come out to same analysis that i have on all of these important issues. like education. you know, today the tie you're wearing, i like it, by the way, you choose where thatch spend. where to go, what to buy. like consumer goods that's how we get reasonable goods for reasonable prices. education is different than that. education is funded from the top up. so the...
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johnson reluctantly took the military option. shriver opposed the reordering of priorities generating the observation in washington and elsewhere, quote, like the poor, we have shriver always with us, end of quote. nevertheless, between 1964 to 1968, one-third of america's poor moved up word out of poverty. by the spring of 1968, tension over the budget priorities lead shriver to give up on what had become an impossible task and to take the ambassadorship to france. when the democrats met that summer in a stormy chicago, shriver's name and came up for the vice presidency. in fact, he had an acceptance speech written and reservations on the flight from paris to chicago. but once again the kennedy family still grieving from the recent death of robert raised an objective in favor of ted. so shriver remained in paris until 1970. his success and repairing the alliance with france weekend by a disagreement about the vietnam war had prompted president nixon to retain him in office. not long afterwards came the 1972 election when the dem
johnson reluctantly took the military option. shriver opposed the reordering of priorities generating the observation in washington and elsewhere, quote, like the poor, we have shriver always with us, end of quote. nevertheless, between 1964 to 1968, one-third of america's poor moved up word out of poverty. by the spring of 1968, tension over the budget priorities lead shriver to give up on what had become an impossible task and to take the ambassadorship to france. when the democrats met that...
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kennedy followed by lyndon johnson being sworn in a border force one in dallas. he was sworn in by federal district judge sarah hughes, the only woman to ever square and a president. gerald r. ford being sworn in in the white house in 1974 after richard nixon resigned in disgrace. here's a picture of -- and it's my final story for the day. this story actually inspired me more than any other to write this book. this is calvin coolidge's 1923, president after the death of warren harding. at the...
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mark went on to write his senior thesis on lyndon johnson's war on poverty. his list of achievements and honors since graduation is impressive. from 1988 to 1995, mark served as the founder and director of the choice program, an intensive, community-based counseling and advocacy program for status offenders, delinquents, abused and neglected youth in maryland. subsequently, mark served four terms in the maryland house of delegates where, among other duties, he chaired the joint committee on children, youth and families. following an unsuccessful campaign for congress in 2002, mark served, has served as the vice president and managing director of u.s. programs for save the children. he also chairs the national commission on children and disasters and, of course, he received an honorary degree from holy cross in 2010 and delivered the commencement address. mark, welcome. i'm here to say something about the life and achievements of sargent shriver, mark's dad. and summarizing his life in a few minutes is about as easy as trying to reduce the recent hurricane to
mark went on to write his senior thesis on lyndon johnson's war on poverty. his list of achievements and honors since graduation is impressive. from 1988 to 1995, mark served as the founder and director of the choice program, an intensive, community-based counseling and advocacy program for status offenders, delinquents, abused and neglected youth in maryland. subsequently, mark served four terms in the maryland house of delegates where, among other duties, he chaired the joint committee on...
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and to do that he had to get to the right of johnson. so in some ways it's ironic, thurmond runs for president so he can run for the senate. he runs for the presidency in 48 to really, you know, establish himself among the state rights crowd in south carolina and across the region. make a name for himself there. because ironically enough he was thought of as a liberal for a number of different reasons but because of his labor politics but also because he had called the fbi in to investigate a lynching that it happened in south carolina in 1947, and that was not a popular thing to do, to called in the fbi to investigate a lynching. but that's all in the book. it's a fascinating moment in his career. that's when a lot of things are really moving around. both in history and in southern politics. yes? >> over the years, i have read that haley barbour in his role as party chair was -- [inaudible] but i notice his name is not listed in the index. >> haley barbour certainly has played a huge role in modern republican politics, enormously talent
and to do that he had to get to the right of johnson. so in some ways it's ironic, thurmond runs for president so he can run for the senate. he runs for the presidency in 48 to really, you know, establish himself among the state rights crowd in south carolina and across the region. make a name for himself there. because ironically enough he was thought of as a liberal for a number of different reasons but because of his labor politics but also because he had called the fbi in to investigate a...
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johnson, the wife of the president of the johnson publishing company that published ebony and jet. in addition to speeches before political parties the africans treated past and her entourage to a whirlwind of dinners receptions and presentations. patzek or responsibilities seriously. julie noted in for her biography of her mother that pat snuck away from the family of two goodies to go over her written notes and organize her thoughts for the upcoming trip. the state department staff repaired remarks for her she went over them making changes where she felt necessary and highlighting point she wanted to emphasize. in liberia sheen -- by noticing how i'm -- noting noting our press she was by the considerable development that occurred since your last visit in 1957. in ghana she traveled out of the hills to pay her respects to 83-year-old chief who she met during the vice president so visit. he told her that she had forged a friendship between the american and ghanaian people that quote not even a line could rake in quote. before she left ghana she spoke before the national assembly li
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we have robert cara's latest biography on lyndon johnson, and andrew solomon's "far from the tree" an over 900-page compendium looking at different child rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone are needy, substantial books, but the tip of the iceberg on terms of what was on iewfer for -- offer for non-fiction. >> host: bob, same question. >> guest: right. it was a big year for dead presidents. caro's, the fourth of probably five volumes on lyndon johnson, just an incredible act of both reporting and writing about a general figure in 20th century american history. also, goodwin's book "team of rivals," published in 2005 is back on the best seller list thanks to steven spielberg's movie, "lincoln," and on our list, it's number 20, remarkable for a serious book that's been out for so long. also, john's biography of thomas jefferson. just when you think there's no more to be said, someone writes a popular, read readable, somewhat controversial book. >> host: hard to mention dead presidents and not mention "killing lincoln" and "killing kennedy" both best seller
we have robert cara's latest biography on lyndon johnson, and andrew solomon's "far from the tree" an over 900-page compendium looking at different child rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone are needy, substantial books, but the tip of the iceberg on terms of what was on iewfer for -- offer for non-fiction. >> host: bob, same question. >> guest: right. it was a big year for dead presidents. caro's, the fourth of probably five volumes on...
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i hear lieutenant johnson start calling in an artillery mission, and with the format that we're taught to do, he calls it spot on. it's perfect. and the response he got back was his grid location was too close to the village. he said if you don't give me these rounds right now, we're gonna die. and the response back was, well, try your best. a few minutes later i hear gunnery sergeant come over the radio, and he said he had to call in a medical evacuation. he was trying to give a grid. and he kept getting cut off because of all the confusion, the radio traffic going over the radio. with his frustrated voice he finally said, give off the radio, i'm trying to give a grid for the ped advantage. so everyone did. so he started giving his grid coordinates, and i'm starting to write on the humvee because if i can write the grid down, i can locate his position on the map, go straight to him, and i can find where my missing team is. with my star pee in my hand, he got his first three grids out, and he stopped. and that was the last time i ever heard from my teammates. after six more hours of ev
i hear lieutenant johnson start calling in an artillery mission, and with the format that we're taught to do, he calls it spot on. it's perfect. and the response he got back was his grid location was too close to the village. he said if you don't give me these rounds right now, we're gonna die. and the response back was, well, try your best. a few minutes later i hear gunnery sergeant come over the radio, and he said he had to call in a medical evacuation. he was trying to give a grid. and he...
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johnson on the radio start calling the artillery mission. he starts calling in, and he calls it spot on. it's perfect. the response he got back was his great location was too close to the village. he said if you don't give me fees' rounds right now, you're going to die and the response back was try your best to be the few minutes later i heard the sergeant come over the radio. he said he had to call and a medical evaluation. he kept getting cut off because of the radio traffic going over the radio. he finally said get off the radio i'm trying to get a medivac, so everyone did. so i pulled out my sharpie because if i can write the grid down i can locate his position on the map and go straight to him and follow where the team is. with my sharpie in my hand i drew out a grid, and he stopped. and that is the last time i ever heard from my teammate. after six more hours of evaluating the afghan soldiers and the michigan guard's the helicopter spotted their lifeless bodies in the trench and when i got there i immediately knew they were all gone bu
johnson on the radio start calling the artillery mission. he starts calling in, and he calls it spot on. it's perfect. the response he got back was his great location was too close to the village. he said if you don't give me fees' rounds right now, you're going to die and the response back was try your best to be the few minutes later i heard the sergeant come over the radio. he said he had to call and a medical evaluation. he kept getting cut off because of the radio traffic going over the...
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we had robert caro's latest volume in his ongoing biography of lyndon johnson and andrew sullivan's are from the free which was recently published. >> host: hundred page compendium looking at different child-rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone are substantial but are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is on for a nonfiction. >> bob minzesheimer, same question. >> it was a big year for dead presidents. you mentioned robert caro's fourth of probably a five volumes on lyndon johnson, just an incredible lack of reporting and writing, 20th-century american history. also the team of rivals published in 2005 is back on the best-seller list thanks to steven spielberg's movie lincoln. on our list was up to 20 or so which is remarkable for a series that is out so long. a new biography of thomas jefferson, just when you think there's not much more to be said about thomas jefferson's someone writes a popular, beautiful, controversial book. presidents have been in the news as well. >> hard to mention dead presidents and not talk about bill o'reilly and his t
we had robert caro's latest volume in his ongoing biography of lyndon johnson and andrew sullivan's are from the free which was recently published. >> host: hundred page compendium looking at different child-rearing examples of special needs children. those three books alone are substantial but are just the tip of the iceberg in terms of what is on for a nonfiction. >> bob minzesheimer, same question. >> it was a big year for dead presidents. you mentioned robert caro's fourth...
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ben johnson, published by ecco press, an imprint of harpercollins. kevin powers, the yellow birds. published by little brown. [applause] the 2012 national book award for fiction goes to the roundhouse by louise erdrich. [applause] ♪ hey baby, where are you? [applause] ♪ >> well met. hello, my relatives. the national book foundation and also the judges are two ways to shout out for all of the native people who are watching this livestream. [applause] i want to thank harpercollins. it is not even a huge company anymore. [laughter] but it has always been about four or five people to me, people who believed so strongly in my work that they have supported me and my family and literature, my bookstore and all of us who work there through these years. i want to thank my editor terry cardin, for believing in the book. [applause] jonathan burnham, jane byrne, trent duffy. i want to thank andrew wylie and jen off. i want to say to my fellow writers, you have written extraordinary books. i don't really know why i'm standing here but i've been working at this for about 100 years. not as lo
ben johnson, published by ecco press, an imprint of harpercollins. kevin powers, the yellow birds. published by little brown. [applause] the 2012 national book award for fiction goes to the roundhouse by louise erdrich. [applause] ♪ hey baby, where are you? [applause] ♪ >> well met. hello, my relatives. the national book foundation and also the judges are two ways to shout out for all of the native people who are watching this livestream. [applause] i want to thank harpercollins. it...
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i like to remind people that five days after lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act, riots erupted in flames. it was the beginning of the nixone n\ where the l.a. police chief blamed the turmoil on those people, meaning democrats, too much too soon and they told black people about racism and they were being mistreated rather than they were being mistreated. in some of my research i found the lyndon johnson right afterwards said i have done more for these people than any other president, how could they be doing this to me? there was a sense of awe cause and effected between beginning to reckon with allegis the -- legacy of slavery and the unrest that followed. i write a lot about race in my book but when i look backpacking actually the war had more to do with parts of the country than race and those of us who were anti-war were on the right side but we became judge by a violent fringe -- i don't want to say with good reason but we can talk about, it was a bad war. i didn't mean all americans were bad people but democrats got associated with a critique of the country that was both fa
i like to remind people that five days after lyndon johnson signed the voting rights act, riots erupted in flames. it was the beginning of the nixone n\ where the l.a. police chief blamed the turmoil on those people, meaning democrats, too much too soon and they told black people about racism and they were being mistreated rather than they were being mistreated. in some of my research i found the lyndon johnson right afterwards said i have done more for these people than any other president,...
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>> yes and in addition colorado now governor johnson and i and the campaign have endorsed the same thing in the state of washington. one that talks about this. thank you for this other as well. but sure, you know, again the drugs are here to stay, so i agree that children shouldn't be doing this but ask your children today what is easier for you to get, marijuana or alcohol it's easier for us to get marijuana. why because the dealers don't ask for i.t., so today think about it, the good of the biggest oxymoron of our lives today is the term controlled substances let's cripple the gangs by the provision, merrill regulate marijuana is the place to start. >> would you have marijuana etc sold in retail stores? >> yes, just treated like wine and that is the answer for most. >> can you grow your own? >> you can treat it that way for the responsible adults, yes and tax it. wouldn't it be better to have these huge amounts of money go to pay the firefighters and teachers fix our roads instead of funding of the juvenile gangs and the mexican drug cartels? it is an easy question to answer. >> to of
>> yes and in addition colorado now governor johnson and i and the campaign have endorsed the same thing in the state of washington. one that talks about this. thank you for this other as well. but sure, you know, again the drugs are here to stay, so i agree that children shouldn't be doing this but ask your children today what is easier for you to get, marijuana or alcohol it's easier for us to get marijuana. why because the dealers don't ask for i.t., so today think about it, the good...
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. >> gary johnson? no, no, no, no. you've got to be a romney girl now. >> how are you? good to see you. >> my own newspaper held me over and i was explaining, it's rude to lose your watch in the middle of an interview. it's like a half hour later. spent do you know brian? >> i haven't seen in such a long time. why wouldn't you have me on? we are? that's great, that's great because i will be in new york for that. hello. i will see you later. that was good. do you know who it is dedicated to? >> no. >> it's a crackerjack surprise inside. has your husband read it yet? spent he's busy. leave him alone. >> he changed his e-mail address on the, by the way. spent i don't know what your e-mail is. >> both of you change your e-mail address on it. i hadn't planned to say anything but since i'm late, my publisher, editor at eagle told me it would be polite for me to say something. so i just want to for startup i think it's all human events fault that i was late. that's the most important thing. it's not my fault. and thank you so much for all come tonight. sensuality anything abou
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>>host: mary frances berry how did the administration change with the kennedy and johnson administration? >>guest: i then called the chapter about friends among friends because the commissioners all said he is a good solid democrats and now was the time. they did not know the bad bobby kennedy that i call him then, they were making fun of the commission. they are recommending this? there were not hostile to civil rights. the problem was the committees of congress were controlled by democrats from the south. mcclellan, and mississippi, they control the judiciary committee and judicial appointments. so it has been a friendly reception. but the administration would take the recommendations to incorporate them later on but intel and they were simply being polite that these people think we will do this. we cannot do this. so they found out they tried to cooperate but the independence that made them the independent voice was important and they should not try to be friendly. their job was to be a watchdog and they learned that than kennedy was assassinated and then because of the civil-rights m
>>host: mary frances berry how did the administration change with the kennedy and johnson administration? >>guest: i then called the chapter about friends among friends because the commissioners all said he is a good solid democrats and now was the time. they did not know the bad bobby kennedy that i call him then, they were making fun of the commission. they are recommending this? there were not hostile to civil rights. the problem was the committees of congress were controlled by...
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lyndon johnson can after kennedy and his obsession with vietnam so he declined precipitously. subsequent presidents such as gerald ford, jimmy carter made a very serious efforts to achieve a rapprochement with castro, quite the opposite of what kennedy was doing. so yes, cuba has waxed and waned and it's been a different kind of priority over these 50 years, so it is with american presidents. estimate on the reverse side, does cuba have good assets, did they have good assets in the u.s.? has the castro regime ever tried to assassinate a u.s
lyndon johnson can after kennedy and his obsession with vietnam so he declined precipitously. subsequent presidents such as gerald ford, jimmy carter made a very serious efforts to achieve a rapprochement with castro, quite the opposite of what kennedy was doing. so yes, cuba has waxed and waned and it's been a different kind of priority over these 50 years, so it is with american presidents. estimate on the reverse side, does cuba have good assets, did they have good assets in the u.s.? has...
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discussions in the united states for the king of thailand in the middle of those discussions talking to johnson both in washington. but when they did start recruiting soldiers, the king made it clear that he supported venture, he did a farewell and sponsored a lot of the celebrations to mark the southps to vietnam. ct personal interest in the wellbeing and h the wounded soldiers in the hospitals when they came back. presided over the funeral them out these sponsored temples so from the jury beginning the king of ved in thiss and supporting it as to say blessing or forward, i don't know, but pretty much like -- i gine without his support such a thing taking place. >> currently what kind of relationship does the u.s. military have with the thai military? >> they still have a close relationship of the royal thai or me. something that haven't changed since the vietnam war month.
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to me, the real low point is lyndon johnson though. lyndon johnson at one point had the joint chiefs into his office, and they basically try to lay down the law and say, mr. president, we don't like the way you're prosecuting the war. he curses them out in the most vulgar terms which i won't use because c-span will get mad -- [laughter] and the chiefs leave. the cno says i've never been talked to like that in my life. well, fella, at that point you put your stars on the table and say, mr. president, you clearly have lost your confidence in me. i am out of here. that's what george marshall would have said had fdr spoken like that to him. we know this because when douglas mcarthur pulled that stunt, roosevelt said, douglas, you must not talk to the president like that. so these guys had an understanding back then that we seem to have lost in our senior leaders later on, that their job is to speak truth to power. >> yeah. >> even when it's uncomfortable, especially when it's uncomfortable. dissent, expressed internally, is the highest for
to me, the real low point is lyndon johnson though. lyndon johnson at one point had the joint chiefs into his office, and they basically try to lay down the law and say, mr. president, we don't like the way you're prosecuting the war. he curses them out in the most vulgar terms which i won't use because c-span will get mad -- [laughter] and the chiefs leave. the cno says i've never been talked to like that in my life. well, fella, at that point you put your stars on the table and say, mr....
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simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro. but my greatest professional license would be to have a strong impact. and i would do it in a heartbeat. that being said, while i appreciate -- greatly appreciate this, i don't think it is incredibly likely i will be getting this going forward. >> host: susan from fort lauderdale. you are on again with neil barofsky. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like you to name names. who are these criminals. how can we get them into prison? >> guest: i think unfortunately we are running out of time. you know, there is a five-year statute of limitations for most of the activity that would've left the financial crisis. it is now late 2012, which means that any criminal conduct that occurred before november 2007, it is now barred by the statute of limitations. unfortunately we have run out of time to bring those types of cases are a of course, i can't say this person is a criminal. i would get sued for that. you look at some of the investigations and the information that came out of
simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro. but my greatest professional license would be to have a strong impact. and i would do it in a heartbeat. that being said, while i appreciate -- greatly appreciate this, i don't think it is incredibly likely i will be getting this going forward. >> host: susan from fort lauderdale. you are on again with neil barofsky. >> caller: thank you for taking my call. i would like you to name names....
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>> she is from johnson county. it is okay. that is called cupcake plant >> i have read your humorous books but the favorite is about alice what is your favorite the you have written? >> that would be one of them i have written a lot of different kinds. it is apples and oranges for comparison. and another way to look at it and never got my act together but about alice maybe. >> did your mom they call the pies for the restaurant? >> they were naturally lead baked by a black woman named thelma. [laughter] i have often talked about my mother's cooking. 30 years she served nothing but leftovers. [laughter] i was out of college before i realized leftover from what? that the original was never found. they were lucky she did not take the prize. we had 50 years 60 things on the table then she wooded jump up in the middle to say she forgot the jello mold. mother always said everything tastes better on the second day. i don't know about the fourth day. >> i met my wife at the hotel president before they closed it up. >> you could get a p
>> she is from johnson county. it is okay. that is called cupcake plant >> i have read your humorous books but the favorite is about alice what is your favorite the you have written? >> that would be one of them i have written a lot of different kinds. it is apples and oranges for comparison. and another way to look at it and never got my act together but about alice maybe. >> did your mom they call the pies for the restaurant? >> they were naturally lead baked by...
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this move to michelle ng obama's father's side of the family, michelle obama's and and this is steve johnson, the first lady's great-grandmother who traveled to four cities, she was a sharecropper's daughter born in 1879 and somewhere along the way she decided she did not want anything to do with the farming life and she was one of the first of michele obama's and sisters to set site on chicago in 1908. this is her husband who was a minister who also lived in chicago. this is the first lady's great great grandmother, and she arrived in illinois some time in the 1860s. the first lady describes herself as a south side girl but the family had no idea their roots in illinois go that far back. if you look at mary, you will understand why the family story says she was part cherokee. she obviously has a mixed lineage but i was never able to establish for sure whether that was true. this is the first lady's grandfather, a mislabeled slide, who left south carolina and arrive in chicago around 1931. this is millvinia, the owner of millvinia's brother. this is a photo, this is an amazing coat, there is
this move to michelle ng obama's father's side of the family, michelle obama's and and this is steve johnson, the first lady's great-grandmother who traveled to four cities, she was a sharecropper's daughter born in 1879 and somewhere along the way she decided she did not want anything to do with the farming life and she was one of the first of michele obama's and sisters to set site on chicago in 1908. this is her husband who was a minister who also lived in chicago. this is the first lady's...
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and when kennedy was assassinated in johnson is a pro-civil rights, what they proposes proposed this legislation the civil rights act of 64 and 65 were enacted into law. >> host: at what point did you become aware in your life of the civil rights commission? >> guest: i became aware when i was in a graduate program at the university. someone came and asked me if i would work on a project they had. post the 60s, 70s? >> guest: yet, and i used some of the reports gazeta reports they did were very good reports and some historical research that i did. so i was very much aware of them. finally, by the time that roofie wade was decided, the commission asked me if i would write something as a history of abortion rights for them and how that all played out in what the history had had other way back to england and so on and i did a report for them. >> host: what is your history? where are you from? >> guest: i am from nashville, tennessee. my family and relatives are all still there. i went to pearl high school and i went to howard university and then i went to the university of michigan. fir
and when kennedy was assassinated in johnson is a pro-civil rights, what they proposes proposed this legislation the civil rights act of 64 and 65 were enacted into law. >> host: at what point did you become aware in your life of the civil rights commission? >> guest: i became aware when i was in a graduate program at the university. someone came and asked me if i would work on a project they had. post the 60s, 70s? >> guest: yet, and i used some of the reports gazeta reports...
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the life of his father, sargent shriver, founder of the peace corps and director of president lyndon johnson's office of economic opportunity. this is a little over an hour.
the life of his father, sargent shriver, founder of the peace corps and director of president lyndon johnson's office of economic opportunity. this is a little over an hour.
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murder was prosecuted, but he did not receive the death sentence, no appeal, denied by the governor johnson who stated that, quote, the brutality of the crime negated any consideration of the youthfulness. after his conviction, he admitted to the murders, and then goes down, he made no comment after entering the death chamber with a bible-under-par his arms and the guards had difficulty strapping him in the chair which was designed for adults. at the time of the execution, he was only 14 years, five months old. he cites where he got that information from. the papers contain about 90 boxes of records, index cards on 16,000 people were executed in the united states. the first person executed in the united states was 1608 in jamestown, virginia. george kim been ball executed for espionage. his father managed a bank. i don't know if this ledger had any connection to that. he wrote down every single person once he discovered that they were executed. he started off with the ledger. it's much -- so you're seal here he lists the name, the occupation, what city their came from, the crime, the age, t
murder was prosecuted, but he did not receive the death sentence, no appeal, denied by the governor johnson who stated that, quote, the brutality of the crime negated any consideration of the youthfulness. after his conviction, he admitted to the murders, and then goes down, he made no comment after entering the death chamber with a bible-under-par his arms and the guards had difficulty strapping him in the chair which was designed for adults. at the time of the execution, he was only 14 years,...
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simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro, but, you know, i have done public-service. my greatest professional life was serving the government. if i was ever asked to serve again that position or act on it could really have a strong impact for positive change, i would do it in a heartbeat. with that said, and while i appreciate, greatly appreciate the suggestion and others to china and on behalf of this, i don't think it is incredibly lightly and will begin to nod. if asked, of course i would serve again. >> host: good afternoon. >> caller: thank you so much for taking my call. i would like you to name names. who are these criminals and how can we get them into prison? >> guest: well, unfortunately, we are running at a time. there is a five-year statute of limitations for most of the activity that would have led up to the financial crisis, so it is now late 2012, which means that anything, any criminal conduct that occurred before november 2007 is now barred by the statute of limitations. i think that fortunately we have run and the ti
simon johnson was kind enough to suggest that i would be a worthy successor to mary schapiro, but, you know, i have done public-service. my greatest professional life was serving the government. if i was ever asked to serve again that position or act on it could really have a strong impact for positive change, i would do it in a heartbeat. with that said, and while i appreciate, greatly appreciate the suggestion and others to china and on behalf of this, i don't think it is incredibly lightly...
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of louisa adams was born lisa johnson. her father was the consul in london when the two of them met she was born in london but her parents were americans coming in the brilliantly educated, perfect wife for john quincy. she had an education at home, but she could read and latin and classical greek and was very well versed in history. so they fell in love and had a long marriage of 50 years, more than 50 years. they had their ups and downs, as most families do, and they had more than their share of tragedies. she was subject to many miscarriages, three or four miscarriages. they lost one little girl when she was just over-year-old she died of dysentery in st. petersburg russia, and two of the three boys died of the alcoholism, the only that survived, charles francis gave them some grand children so they don't over the grand children for quite awhile. but most of the time they were very, very happy and mentioned john quincy was a grouch, and occasionally he was. there was one -- i'd think i would ask him what happened, but i
of louisa adams was born lisa johnson. her father was the consul in london when the two of them met she was born in london but her parents were americans coming in the brilliantly educated, perfect wife for john quincy. she had an education at home, but she could read and latin and classical greek and was very well versed in history. so they fell in love and had a long marriage of 50 years, more than 50 years. they had their ups and downs, as most families do, and they had more than their share...
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landrieu: secondly, a tribute to bern it johnson who is the incoming supreme court justice, again achieving that after an extraordinary career, and just gaining that spot on our supreme court. i'd like to submit it without objection. the presiding officer: the resolution will be received and appropriately referred. ms. landrieu: and secondly -- i mean lastly, mr. president, recognizing ms. leah chase, who is going to be 90 years old an outstanding citizen of new orleans, a renowned citizen of our state, and city, and known as the queen of creole quizine. she -- cuisine. we wanted the senate to congratulate her on that milestone and i yield the floor. the presiding officer: the resolution will be received and properly referred. the senator from pennsylvania. mr. casey: thank you, mr. president. tonight as we -- today i should say as we confront a whole range of difficult issues at the end of this year and at the end of the congress, we should also be reminded that we have fighting men and women serving for us all around the world. we think especially tonight of those serving in afghanistan,
landrieu: secondly, a tribute to bern it johnson who is the incoming supreme court justice, again achieving that after an extraordinary career, and just gaining that spot on our supreme court. i'd like to submit it without objection. the presiding officer: the resolution will be received and appropriately referred. ms. landrieu: and secondly -- i mean lastly, mr. president, recognizing ms. leah chase, who is going to be 90 years old an outstanding citizen of new orleans, a renowned citizen of...
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the ongoing biography of lyndon johnson and andrew solomon's fire from the tree, only recently published over 900 each companion he had the king of different child-rearing examples of special needs children. so these two books on a very substantial books, but they're the tip the iceberg of nonfiction. >> host: minzesheimer, same question. >> guest: it was a big year for dead presidents. she remember robert harris is the fourth of five on monday june 10, which was just an incredible act of both reporting and writing about a secret 20th century history. dirt since goodman spoke spoken a team of rivals in 2005 is back on the bestsellers list thanks to steven spielberg's movie, linking. these are two number 20 or so, pretty remarkable for three spoke out so alone. also jon meacham's new biography, thomas jefferson, when you think there's not going to be said about thomas jefferson, sinai-grace the popular, readable, somewhat controversial book. so presidents in the news as well. >> host: it's hard to imagine that presidents do not talk about o'reilly and his new books coming killing again an
the ongoing biography of lyndon johnson and andrew solomon's fire from the tree, only recently published over 900 each companion he had the king of different child-rearing examples of special needs children. so these two books on a very substantial books, but they're the tip the iceberg of nonfiction. >> host: minzesheimer, same question. >> guest: it was a big year for dead presidents. she remember robert harris is the fourth of five on monday june 10, which was just an incredible...
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it seems to be the one area, civil rights, where in his conversations he is acutely aware that, like johnson was later, that there is absolutely no political gain in that at all. >> that's right. >> yet he is doing it anyway. >> and he took his time. we have discussions about civil rights in the campaign in 1960 or early in the administration and then it starts to move. >> he saw the presidency at the center of action and he didn't have the chief of staff. he wanted to have information directly. >> so here we go. we have one, two, three, four, five, six tapes. the first was recorded -- it is dimmer than the others. is 30 days after he declared his candidacy in the caucus room at the united states senate. it is mrs. kennedy and president kennedy and then bradley and his wife antonia, who we all called toni. and one of the reporters who later became a public official of more than little consequence, jim cannon, who served presidents were. they decided that evening to make a tape about not his decision to run for the kind of person that he is, more than anything. to have a listen and then we wi
it seems to be the one area, civil rights, where in his conversations he is acutely aware that, like johnson was later, that there is absolutely no political gain in that at all. >> that's right. >> yet he is doing it anyway. >> and he took his time. we have discussions about civil rights in the campaign in 1960 or early in the administration and then it starts to move. >> he saw the presidency at the center of action and he didn't have the chief of staff. he wanted to...
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i got to meet president johnson. i was on tv. this is actually 50 years ago now, exactly that i wrote this paper about human thinking based on pattern recognition and i've been thinking about recognition for 50 years. it's very much handing -- a lot of my artificial intelligence which is my primary interest. so i wrote about that. a little bit, there's one chapter, my main thesis in that book is [inaudible] the base of in the chapter on the brink i talked about how that is also progressing exponentially. brain scanning and the amount of data we're getting an simulation is already starting and they were scaling up exponentially. we will get to the point where we can actually see well enough into the brain to actually begin to figure out how it works. now that's actually happened, and so that's why i wrote this book. we have enough information now to articulate it really clear theory about what i call the pattern recognition theory of mind and how the brain works, and then you said as a biologically -- to great better ai. >> host:
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the president king of tieland is in the middle of the discussions talking to johnson, both in bangkok and in washington, but when they did start recruiting soldiers, the king made it clear that he supported the venture. he bid farewell, sponsored a lot of celebrations that marked the departure of the troops to south vietnam showing a direct interest in the well being, visited the wounded soldiers in the hospital when they came back. he presided over funeral ceremonies for them at the royal sponsored temples, and so from the very beginning the kiang of thailand was involved in this supporting it, and whether he gave a blessing or not and would it still go forward? i don't know. pretty much hard to imagine without his support such a thing taking place. >> host: currently, what kind of relationship does the u.s. military have with the thai military? >> guest: a close relationship with the royal thai army. this is something that has not changed since the vietnam war. we have regular annual exercises with the thais and other regional armies that they hold every year in thailand called cobr
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samuel johnson famously said in 1776, why is it that the first to yelp liberty are masters of slaves? for they themselves have slavery almost as large down in the british caribbean. it's the subject of perennial interest. i'm grateful for your talking about this. the main purpose of the discussions is indeed perhaps debate, and i thought we had a really good dialogue today. and thank you very much. >> thank you, andrew. thank you all for coming. >> is there a nonfiction author or book you would like to see featured on booktv? send us an e-mail at booktv@c-span.org. or tweet us at twitter.com/booktv. >> it's in the northeast part of afghanistan. they cannot be more remote. this valley is a cul-de-sac that goes nowhere. it's up near the himalayas, for getting up there, flying helicopters is hard. the only way and was on foot or helicopter. so trying to get their initially to plan the nation's was tough. what they were out there doing, they go after high-value target. this guy was a commander. it's a terrorist group essentially has some associated with al qaeda, has some sort of truce wi
samuel johnson famously said in 1776, why is it that the first to yelp liberty are masters of slaves? for they themselves have slavery almost as large down in the british caribbean. it's the subject of perennial interest. i'm grateful for your talking about this. the main purpose of the discussions is indeed perhaps debate, and i thought we had a really good dialogue today. and thank you very much. >> thank you, andrew. thank you all for coming. >> is there a nonfiction author or...
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roosevelt trying to get the new deal -- a constitutional stamp of approval, or lyndon johnson trying to get desegregation through judicial review. and as for the most conservative reactionary of all time, i have criticisms with the roberts court but this is the court that brought us dred scott. these are really horrible decisions, and far worse than anything that this supreme court could come up with. so i don't think this is a more political or more right wing court than it's ever been. i do think it's political, and i do think it's considerable. >> i think at the same time it is the most activist court in hoyt, and my colleague at syracuse university has a book on this, what he has shown is that the modern court is the most activist in terms of striking down popularly enacted laws than the warren court or any court before. so in that sense the court is getting involved in issues that the american people have spoken on, issues they want, and the court has said, no, and both at the state level and federal level. that's may account for why the court's public approval ratings have decl
roosevelt trying to get the new deal -- a constitutional stamp of approval, or lyndon johnson trying to get desegregation through judicial review. and as for the most conservative reactionary of all time, i have criticisms with the roberts court but this is the court that brought us dred scott. these are really horrible decisions, and far worse than anything that this supreme court could come up with. so i don't think this is a more political or more right wing court than it's ever been. i do...
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i think would be like riding but truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, ronald reagan and not mentioning the soviet union. the foreign policy was that significant and his domestic ramifications were that significant. jefferson was terrified the british were coming back. the good thing about this argument is that they did. so you win the argument. the war of 1812 happened and so we had to have a ratifying conflict which jefferson always suspected and i think. i think in some ways the inevitable result is the unlikely victory we won in the first place, this on the coastal republika that managed to defeat the empire. jefferson wanted us to see him as a -- to see himself as a defender and parent of the revolution in the sense that the great articulator of the principles of republican liberty in he was that, but he was also an awfully good vote getter and deal cutter and - that's okay because as jefferson himself said its best to give and take in a system like ours and without mutual concessions, the republic itself would crack and crumble and be vulnerable to the kind of r
i think would be like riding but truman, eisenhower, kennedy, johnson, nixon, ford, carter, ronald reagan and not mentioning the soviet union. the foreign policy was that significant and his domestic ramifications were that significant. jefferson was terrified the british were coming back. the good thing about this argument is that they did. so you win the argument. the war of 1812 happened and so we had to have a ratifying conflict which jefferson always suspected and i think. i think in some...
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by the way, this is ilion johnson of national review until university. the research institute that translates materials from the middle east. a group that being said there. the shining a light. we don't have to rely now on just a few sources. some journalists have devoted his life to finding out about the middle east. it's all about necessity. we did not support. very few people knew about the middle east. whoever gave a thought to kurds, for example. who. but this is -- as i said, we used to know a heck of a lot about south africa. now that knowledge has faded. and now we are experts or semi experts on the middle east and about what region next. he knows. >> i think, you know, what you're saying, the intimation. the first answer to your question is stop reading the new york times. [laughter] much more than it used 210 or even -- >> my commentary. >> there is a sort of classic effort to say what is important and what is unimportant in accordance with an ideological schemes. you know, i don't think there's an answer to this, and it's very hard to get peop
by the way, this is ilion johnson of national review until university. the research institute that translates materials from the middle east. a group that being said there. the shining a light. we don't have to rely now on just a few sources. some journalists have devoted his life to finding out about the middle east. it's all about necessity. we did not support. very few people knew about the middle east. whoever gave a thought to kurds, for example. who. but this is -- as i said, we used to...
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their political ideology, whether it's frankly the roosevelt trying to get the new deal for lyndon johnson trying to get desegregation through judicial review. you know, as for the most conservative reactionary of all time, you know, this is the court that brought us cheered scott and really horrible decisions, far worse than anything that this supreme court could come up with. so i don't believe that this is a more political court than it has ever been. but i do think that it is political. >> i think it is the most activist court in history. my colleague at syracuse university has a book on us. what he has shown that the modern court is the most activist in terms of striking down laws than any court ever before. in that sense from the court is getting involved in issues of that the american people have spoken on. issues that they want. and the court has said no. this may very well account for why the courts of public approval rating has declined in the last decade or so. their willingness to get involved in the big issues in overtime, maybe an activist is a better word than politicized. >
their political ideology, whether it's frankly the roosevelt trying to get the new deal for lyndon johnson trying to get desegregation through judicial review. you know, as for the most conservative reactionary of all time, you know, this is the court that brought us cheered scott and really horrible decisions, far worse than anything that this supreme court could come up with. so i don't believe that this is a more political court than it has ever been. but i do think that it is political....
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fort sumter, fort johnson, castle pinckney and the battery, and this small boat -- called the planter -- would navigate among them. and, of course, at night the white officers in charge would go home and sleep in their beds and leave it in charge of the black crew that ran it. and the fellow who was in charge of that black crew was robert smalls. and he watched this behavior and activity, and he memorized the signals that he saw being given pack and forth between the ports and told his crew what they were going to do, bring your families onboard, and one dark night about 2:30, 3:00 in the morning he got up steam onboard and went chugging out of the harbor, gave the recognition signal, they said, all right, carry on, and off he went out to the union fleet. so here comes this confederate ship which they recognized, of course, as the planter coming out to the squadron. everybody beat to quarters, what's going on? it's flying a big white flag. but it was, of course, robert smalls bringing the ship, the crew and their families to freedom from his point of view -- >> also four guns. >> and
fort sumter, fort johnson, castle pinckney and the battery, and this small boat -- called the planter -- would navigate among them. and, of course, at night the white officers in charge would go home and sleep in their beds and leave it in charge of the black crew that ran it. and the fellow who was in charge of that black crew was robert smalls. and he watched this behavior and activity, and he memorized the signals that he saw being given pack and forth between the ports and told his crew...
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johnson, swanson, peterson and bergstrom and a few italians but that was pretty much it. it was an eye-opener for me but again, we were trained and i am so proud of what the army did. when you write a book, this was my first, the publisher has to say on what the title should be. i call the mississippi morning is when we woke up it was 6:00 in the morning and teargas had passed. the sun had come up and it looked like any other small town. it was also an awakening of a culture. the university of mississippi would never go back to its old days. the book is not about james meredith. so often book titles, subtitle carries a story and it is a soldier story. and army out of place, yes but again they did their job. i saw pieces of violence after that first morning but then we moved into a somewhat boredom, boredom to the point that even he himself, james meredith and eccentric character but a brave character, sort of chafed at being guarded as we regard him. now not moving him around from point to point as we were advised by john dower, my iconic civil rights hero in the civil ri
johnson, swanson, peterson and bergstrom and a few italians but that was pretty much it. it was an eye-opener for me but again, we were trained and i am so proud of what the army did. when you write a book, this was my first, the publisher has to say on what the title should be. i call the mississippi morning is when we woke up it was 6:00 in the morning and teargas had passed. the sun had come up and it looked like any other small town. it was also an awakening of a culture. the university of...
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as president eisenhower did, as kennedy did, johnson, nixon, ford and most of the rest. and we can do so without fear of criticism, for it is in our national interest. thank you very much. [applause] >> patrick, thank you very much for that excellent overview of your book. you know, why is it that so much of the pushback on a potential israeli operation against iran has actually come out of the national security establishment? because that would seem to be somewhat at odds with one of the big themes of the book. how do you sort of square that? >> well, the pushback has come from the core of the security establishment, but that is an indicator, i would argue, that that very establishment is delaminated and over the past 15 years has been delaminating to the certain extent. you have, now, the hard militarists and believe that what they learned from the suicide bombers in '95 and '96 that peace is a distant prospect, and they've gone over for a very hard view of their adversary whereas others continue to work behind the scenes and in their jobs for -- and believe deeply in
as president eisenhower did, as kennedy did, johnson, nixon, ford and most of the rest. and we can do so without fear of criticism, for it is in our national interest. thank you very much. [applause] >> patrick, thank you very much for that excellent overview of your book. you know, why is it that so much of the pushback on a potential israeli operation against iran has actually come out of the national security establishment? because that would seem to be somewhat at odds with one of the...
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the present king of thailan in the middle of those discussions talking to johnson both in bang congress and in washington -- bangkok and in washington. but when they did start distributing soldiers, the king made it clear he supported the venture, he bid farewell, sponsored a lot of the celebrations that marked the departure of these troops to south vietnam. he showed a direct personal interest in their well being, h visited the injured soldiers in back, heded over funeral ceremonies for them at these royal-sponsored temples. so from the very beginning the king of thailand was involved in this and supporting it. as to say whether he ghei his blessing or not would it still go forward, i don't know, but pretty much it's hard to imagin without his support such a thing taking place. >> currently what kind of relationship does the u.s. military have with the thai military? >> guest: well, the u.s. still has a very close with the royal thai army. this is something that hasn changed since the vietnam war
the present king of thailan in the middle of those discussions talking to johnson both in bang congress and in washington -- bangkok and in washington. but when they did start distributing soldiers, the king made it clear he supported the venture, he bid farewell, sponsored a lot of the celebrations that marked the departure of these troops to south vietnam. he showed a direct personal interest in their well being, h visited the injured soldiers...
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a briefcase came in from the white house, from president johnson full of papers. we didn't have any cure yours handy. we drove through the night, and i sat in the back with my best suit on with this briefcase chained to my wrist, and kept chafing my wrist, and i kept trying to make, you know, put it on something where it was not pulling on my wrist, and i got down to the town in the morning, and nobody was there except helicopters flying over, all of the cows and goats going out of their mind. they are running around like crazy, the cows and goats just byzirk because of the helicopters, and the people of the town didn't know what to do with themselves, and i said where's the american ambassador. oh, he's down the coast. the nexting town with the fishing town, the next one. the town had a government hotel on the beach, and that's where the ambassador and the embassy was staying. i said to the chauffeur, let's go there. it's five, six, seven miles down the coast. we p went there. just as i got there, the ambassador came striding out of the hotel wearing nothing othe
a briefcase came in from the white house, from president johnson full of papers. we didn't have any cure yours handy. we drove through the night, and i sat in the back with my best suit on with this briefcase chained to my wrist, and kept chafing my wrist, and i kept trying to make, you know, put it on something where it was not pulling on my wrist, and i got down to the town in the morning, and nobody was there except helicopters flying over, all of the cows and goats going out of their mind....
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, was prosecuted but did not receive the death sentence, no appeal, clemency was denied by governor johnson whose stated, quote, the brutality of the crime negated any consideration of his youthfulness. after his conviction he admitted to the murders and stinney made no comment after entering the death chamber with a bible under his arm and the guards had difficulty strapping his light form in the chair which had been designed for adults. at the time of his execution he was only 14 years, 5 months old. he cites where he got that information from. so the papers contained 90 boxes of records, index cards on 16,000 people who were executed in the united states. the first person executed in the united states was in 1608 in shamestown, virginia, george kimball executed for espionage. his father managed some bank. i don't know if this leisure had any connection to that but he wrote down every single person once he discovered that they were executed. he started off with the ledger, it is much -- you will see here he listed name, occupation, what city they came from, crime, the age, the motive, the
, was prosecuted but did not receive the death sentence, no appeal, clemency was denied by governor johnson whose stated, quote, the brutality of the crime negated any consideration of his youthfulness. after his conviction he admitted to the murders and stinney made no comment after entering the death chamber with a bible under his arm and the guards had difficulty strapping his light form in the chair which had been designed for adults. at the time of his execution he was only 14 years, 5...
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johnson insisted he learned english. he brought a textbook and every day before and after school he and coronado would sit on the steps of a school and coronado says -- johnson would pronouns, i would repeat, johnson would spell and i would repeat. i think lyndon johnson cared about civil-rights. the second part of your question, how did he get kennedy -- it takes a lot of pages in this book to talk about all the things he does but the thing he does on the instant, this bill appears to be totally dead. he says didn't someone file a discharge petition? discharge petition had been filed -- this bill was in a committee that was never going to let it out. wasn't even the senate. still in the house rules committee which was shared by judge howard w. smith and would even give a date. the bill was going nowhere. johnson remembers someone filed a discharge petition to take away from that committee. that was -- a discharge petition ever -- never passed. violation of house rules and no president had ever gotten behind one before.
johnson insisted he learned english. he brought a textbook and every day before and after school he and coronado would sit on the steps of a school and coronado says -- johnson would pronouns, i would repeat, johnson would spell and i would repeat. i think lyndon johnson cared about civil-rights. the second part of your question, how did he get kennedy -- it takes a lot of pages in this book to talk about all the things he does but the thing he does on the instant, this bill appears to be...